magg - it wasn't dusty at all. The venue had 5 indoor clay, 9 outdoor clay and 5 hard (indoor and out) so it was accompanied by a large ground team. I'm trying to moderate my play but I'm getting carried away again!

millardus - we don't have a team in that, let me know how it goes. Maybe next year - we'd have a decent team.

Thanks for the comments - been working a fair bit on my volleying, as it used to let me down in singles. I volley much better when I'm being aggressive, but used too long a backswing when being aggressive. Much better now I'm keeping things in front.

I don't get it. I watched the video and I saw this curly haired skinny guy moving around well. A far cry from the 07 version I met with liquor on his breath and cougars on his mind. Unfortunately its the same guy who filled himeself with hard boiled eggs that first night I met him as well. My sense of smell hasn't been the same since.

All kidding aside. We miss you in the states. I moved to South Florida. So its usually warm and pleasant. The bar scene needs your humor around here.

Get outta here! 6'2" with a 29" waist!?? That's obscene! I'm 6'1" (at least I was the last time my height was measured ... long time ago, probably shrunk a bit vertically since then) and would love to have, say, a 34" waist.